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SNAIL KITE2

University of Florida graduate student Chris Cattau holds shells from a native Florida apple snail (right) and a much larger invasive species. Both snails are eaten by an endangered bird, the Everglades snail kite. But a UF study suggests juvenile kites may starve while trying to subsist on the hard-to-handle invasive snails. (Credit: Tyler Jones/University of Florida/IFAS)

U. FLORIDA (US)—A huge South American snail is wreaking havoc on its predator, the snail kite, an endangered Everglades bird of prey. Continue…

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